VIDEO GAME: DEFENDING AMERICA, THE UNDERDOGWhen it comes to our national self-image, humility gave way to hubris long ago. Politicians not only proclaim the United States the greatest society the world has known, but say that it will remain so forever. Few leaders give voice to the notion of decline even as it becomes quite plausible to some of us.
Thankfully, that’s what we have artists for: to challenge and force us to face our darkest fears. And that’s why we have video games like Homefront...
...the inkling that America might not necessarily be the most important place in the world forever is finally sinking into our national consciousness.
No matter what the politicians say.
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Sean Penn:
“I once said to Charles Bukowski, ‘You’re so irreverent toward your public, why do you even value sharing stuff? Why do you even write? Is it just that you get off at being so great at it?’ He said, ‘No, it was not that I was so great. It was that the rest was so bad. Somebody had to do it decently.’
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